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Recent Examples of alarmist
Some parents call his rhetoric alarmist, and other researchers argue that his evidence isn’t strong enough to draw social media as the correlation behind the youth mental health epidemic.
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Rachel Hale, USA Today, 16 Oct. 2025
Of course, writing critically about AI without sounding alarmist is difficult.
—Book Marks
october 2, Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2025
Some of the advice here about kidnapping is a little extreme so don’t go down that alarmist route.
—Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025
The hype cycle has careened straight into doomsday-prepper territory where the voices are loud, alarmist, and largely missing the plot.
—Alexander Puutio, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
In response, concerned scientists quickly tried to counter these alarmist takes, directing people’s attention to the caveats, the uncertainties, the limitations.
—Gregory Barber, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
Rachel Hale, USA Today, 16 Oct. 2025
Of course, writing critically about AI without sounding alarmist is difficult.
—Book Marks
october 2, Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2025
Some of the advice here about kidnapping is a little extreme so don’t go down that alarmist route.
—Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025
The hype cycle has careened straight into doomsday-prepper territory where the voices are loud, alarmist, and largely missing the plot.
—Alexander Puutio, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
In response, concerned scientists quickly tried to counter these alarmist takes, directing people’s attention to the caveats, the uncertainties, the limitations.
—Gregory Barber, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for alarmist
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For too long in Kansas, the Republican Party has been dominated by extremists who see no room for moderation or bipartisanship, let alone unity or mutual respect.—
Matthew Kelly,
Kansas City Star,
15 Oct. 2025
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So what happens when extremists wear their clothes?—
Alexandra Banner,
CNN Money,
15 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Hegseth likened the Colombian rebel group to the Al Qaeda terror group founded by Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan.—
Stephen Sorace,
FOXNews.com,
19 Oct. 2025
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The Moscow meeting was remarkable given that Russia is harboring Syria’s former president, Bashar al-Assad, whose government was overthrown by rebels led by al-Sharaa.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
17 Oct. 2025
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Mindy Kaling once called me a Loki, like a bit of a troublemaker.—
Tony Maglio,
HollywoodReporter,
17 Oct. 2025
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Photograph courtesy Peter Matthiessen estate The second of three children, Matthiessen was the resident troublemaker.—
Maggie Doherty,
New Yorker,
13 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Women also played a dominant role in the 1999 student protests in Tehran, sparked by the shutdown of a reformist newspaper.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
14 Oct. 2025
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Another, who could be Japan’s youngest postwar prime minister, bills himself as a moderate reformist.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
3 Oct. 2025
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The best challenger brands think like cultural insurgents.—
Erik Huberman,
Rolling Stone,
10 Oct. 2025
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Islamist insurgents have since May attacked Malian and foreign-owned businesses, including cement factories, sugar factories, and mines.—
Preeti Jha,
semafor.com,
10 Oct. 2025
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The Grand Blanc attack was mentioned briefly on Saturday, Oct 4, at the start of the two-day conference by Elder Gary Stevenson, one of 12 apostles who help lead the church's 17.5 million members worldwide, almost 47,000 of them in Michigan.—
Niraj Warikoo,
Freep.com,
5 Oct. 2025
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Nelson served as an apostle beginning in 1984 and became the church's leader in 2018.—
Mitch Picasso,
FOXNews.com,
28 Sep. 2025
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However, proponents of the bill say the veto will result in more exposure to toxic chemicals.—
Rachel Frazin,
The Hill,
14 Oct. 2025
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Osefo, a woman of multiple degrees and a proponent of higher learning, stars in The Real Housewives of Potomac, which premiered last Sunday on Bravo.—
Armando Tinoco,
Deadline,
10 Oct. 2025
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“Alarmist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/alarmist. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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